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There’s something so nostalgic about a peanut butter & jelly sandwich. It was my favorite packed lunch growing up and was ecstatic when my mom packed one as my lunch growing up. Peanut butter and jelly cupcakes are a nice trip back into your childhood days … in cupcake form.

For someone who is an absolute cupcake lover, it’s been quite a while since I made cupcakes “just because”. Until yesterday, I couldn’t remember the last time I baked cupcakes that weren’t for a particular event (birthday, bake sale, holiday, etc) and knew time was well over due.

Ingredients — Cupcakes

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

1 1/3 cups sugar

2/3 cup creamy peanut butter

3 large eggs, room temperature

1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/2 cup sour cream, room temperature

3/4 cup coarsely chopped salted, roasted peanuts

Directions

Preheat to 375 degrees F. Line cupcake pans with liners

In a small bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside

In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Reduce speed to low and mix in peanut butter. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until each is incorporated, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Mix in vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture; beat until just combined. Mix in sour cream and peanuts.

Bake for about 19-22 minutes or until golden.

Ingredients — Frosting

½ cup butter, softened

1 cup creamy peanut butter

1 tablespoons vanilla

2 table spoons milk, or as needed

2 cups powdered sugar

Directions

Place the butter and peanut butter into a medium bowl, and beat with an electric mixer

Gradually mix in the sugar, and when it starts to get thick, incorporate milk one tablespoon at a time until all of the sugar is mixed in and the frosting is thick and spreadable

Add vanilla

Beat for at least 3 minutes, or until fluffy

Spread onto cooled cupcakes

Decorate with a dollop of jelly and crushed peanuts

The flavors that mimic and recreate my childhood and current cupcake baking love are paired together to construct a treat that brings us all back to the days of our youth.